My family has an Ellis Island story and it goes like this. Our family name was Jablonsky. When my great grandfather came through Ellis Island, he wanted a nice American sounding name that had no ethnicity attached. The one that came to his mind was Levine – my maiden name. Bill’s family name was Pschesslofsky – yes, with a “P”. Much too long …
January 5, 1996. My oldest child was born and now she has turned 19. I vividly remember leaving our apartment in Manhattan to head to the hospital on January 4, 1996. I stood in the doorway for a moment thinking that life would never be the same. So true. I vividly remember her first birthday party. It was at the Marriott in Uniondale. Mickey …
This is not an original blog idea, with credit going to my law partner, Jane Jacobs. But, it got me thinking – well, really singing. Jane was in the process recently of creating a dance playlist and asked for recommendations from her friends. Let’s help Jane fill out that playlist. I’ll start. The first three that came to my mind: 1. Sweet …
This is the gift giving time of year. It makes me reflect on the gifts that have been my favorite over the course of time. In no particular order: 1. My Kitchen Aide Mixer: May not sound romantic, but I wanted that thing so badly! 2. My Elephant Bracelet: I use the phrase “embrace the elephant” about 100 times a day. My elephant bracelet is my co …
Do you watch? I do. Actually, my whole house watches. Since an episode airs just about every thirty minutes, we watch a lot. This show reminds of a quirky version of Friends, which I also watched religiously in its day. The ensemble cast has a rhythm uncharacteristic of such strong characters but it works here with great success. Repeatedly borrow …
Over the years, I have heard more than a snicker or two as I ordered a glass of wine. I am not shy about my order. I ask for my sweet white wine loudly and clearly. Seriously, at Passover I look forward to the Heavy Malaga Concord Grape Manischewitz. That should give you an idea about how sweet is sweet in my world. For a long time, I ordered a c …
I know that for most of the summer you all indulged my blogs about getting ready to send my oldest child to college. Thank you, your indulgence was much appreciated. I have purposely refrained from giving you all a play by play description of the college transition process every week thinking that might be pushing it a little too far. But we’ve j …
Sometimes I think our blogs are a selfish exercise. How lucky we are to have your attention every week where we can write about anything, anything at all. My selfish exercise this week is to tell the story of my Saturday evening. My 14 year old son loves to sing. This year he auditioned for and was selected to perform with the Nassau Symphonic C …
Wait, wrong artist. Continuing his promise to play in New York until the fans stop coming, Billy Joel just announced four new shows at Madison Square Garden into 2015 and they were all sold out in hours. That was on top of 12 sold out shows, one each month, for the entirety of 2014. Let’s do the math. Roughly 20,000 people at each concert this year …
We used to be big Jay Leno fans. Tonight Show regulars. When Jimmy Fallon took over earlier this year, we were concerned. Jimmy was funny, but could he fill the large shoes that came before him – at least in our humble opinions? Rumors had it that Jay had been forced out (really twice) and that his appeal to large audiences was fading but not in …
I am very excited, indeed grateful, that Election Day is here. I am a great supporter of every citizen’s right and obligation to vote. But that is not what prompts today’s reaction. I am looking forward to Election Day so that the robocalls will stop. Really, 10 calls a day, sometimes more. Last night alone I received 10 calls within 10 minutes. …
One day last week, I was at the tail end of my commute but it was very crowded. Two trains hit the 5th Avenue station within minutes of each other and so there was barely room to walk. As the group started slowly climbing the stairs, I noticed a man somewhat ahead of me struggling to climb. He was moving slowly and the people around him were clea …
I try. I really do. But it is hard to keep track of all of the school zones in my neighborhood. And to make it worse, they are barely marked. But, since the local law changed recently, none of that really matters. Anyone who lives or works in Nassau County knows what I am talking about. The whole thing makes little sense to me and particularly sin …
When I first started driving more years ago than I will admit, I had lots of patience. Driving along on the Belt Parkway was a treat (yes, I was born and raised in Brooklyn) even when that sea of red lights showed up ahead. I remember so distinctly just turning the radio up and doing a lot of singing. Mostly Barry Manilow, Billy Joel and Bruce Spri …
I am not spending enough time in the gym. It’s really that simple. With a long work day and worse, a commute on both ends, time to get to the gym during the week just doesn’t seem to be happening. I know I am not the only one with this problem. We all struggle with not having enough time in the day. For those of you who have figured out how to ad …
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